Jar-opener.



F. VW. DICKERMAN.

JAR OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED 1123.26, 1913.

Patented. Sept. 15,1911` Lmeee..

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FRED w. premaman, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

.mn-OPENER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED W. DICKERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allston, Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in J ar- Openers, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device for opening jars, particularly jars known as preserving ars.

J The invention embodies, among other features, a device consisting of substantially two pivotally conected parts which can be cheaply manufactured and in which one of the parts engages the cover `of the jar and the other is movable relatively to the first part to extend between the cover and the usual gasket of the jar so that when a pressure is exerted on the said other or movable member the cover will be lifted from the jar.

ln the further disclosure of'the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specifcation, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts inall the views, and in which: l

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the manner of applying the device to a jar; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in F ig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a substantially triangularly shaped body 10 preferably formed of a single piece of material and including integral spaced depending arms 11 adapted to engage the periphery of a cover 12 for a jar 13 having a suitable gasket 14 thereon, the gasket 14 being interposed between the jar and cover when the cover is in sealed position on the jar. The body 1-0 also includes a flange 15 preferably formed adjacent the apex of the triangularly shaped body 10, as shown.

A lever 16 has one end thereof constituting a suitable handle and the other end of the said lever is provided with a cam-like edge 17, a suitable headed pin 18 being arranged to pass transversely through the flange 15 and lever 16 to pivotally connect the lever with the body 10 adjacent to the cam-like edge 17 of the lever as shown.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26; 1913.

Patented Sept., 15, 19141. Serial no'. 763,825.

'In the 'use of the 'device described, the body 10 is applied to the cover 12 so that the arms 11 will lieagainst the periphery of' the cover, with the main portion of the body 10 spanning the cover and lying above the same, as shown. The lever 16 isonow swung so that the cam-like edge 17 will pass between the cover 12 and gasket 14 on the jar 13, after which an upward pull is exerted on the lever, thus readily'removing the cover from thejar. Inasmuch as the cam-like edge 17 is almost as sharp as the edge ,of a knife blade, the device can be employed to loosen the gasket 14 relatively to cover 12 if the same should happen to have become attached thereto through the rotting of the rubber from which the gasket is made, this operation being accomplished prior to pulling upwardly on the lever 16 and after the cam-like edge 17 has been inserted between the cover and gasket suliiciently to permit of pushing on the lever 16 so as to rotate the body on the cover and thus permit the cam-like edge to be moved entirely around the neck of the jar in order to sever the gasket from the under side of the cover thereof. It should be particularly noted that the cam-like edge 17 1s curved to the arc of a circle, which, however, is not struck from' the point of pivotal connection of the body 10 and lever 16, so that the camlike edge 17 will be offset relatively to the vertical longitudinal plane of the lever 16, this feature being desired so that the device described herein can be applied to covers of jars of various sizes. lt will be apparent that the article can be cheaply manufactured, it consisting simply of the body 10, the lever 16 and the pin 18 pivotally connecting the body and lever.

Having thus described my invention', ll claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a jar opener comprising a body7 formed of a single piece of material and having a triangular shapeto provide three relatively diverging arms, integral depending gripping members formed by bending the free ends of two of the arms downwardly, a depending flange formed on the other arm, with the said flange and said gripping members being equi-distantly spaced apart and said flange being offset to provide a horizontal portion, and a lever having a cam-like cutting edge and mounted to swing on the said flange, the

cutting-edge of the said iever being eccenward pressure on the free end ofthe said tric to the point of pivotal connection of 1ever. 10 i the lever with the flange and with the cut- In testimony whereof I aix my signature ting edge of the lever adapted to project in presence of two witnesses.

5 between a jar and the cover thereof when FRED W. DICKERMAN. the gripping members are in gripping en- `Witnesses: gagement therewith so that the sald cover HAROLD E. Conn,

vcan be removed from the said jar by an up- BLANCHE hC. DICKERMAN. 

